A 6-year-old died after a car struck her in front of a home Saturday night.

A 6-year-old died after a car struck her in front of a home Saturday night.

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Updated: 6:58 PM EDT Sep 27, 2015

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WEBVTT EVA CAMPBELL STRUCK AND KILLED. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS DRUNK. 20-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS GRAYSON FACES NINE CHARGES STEMMING FROM LAST NIGHT'S ACCIDENTS, FROM RECKLESS DRIVING TO HEADLINES WITH A VEHICLE WHILE TURNED INFLUENCE. TONIGHT A FAMILY IS IN MOURNING, A NEIGHBORHOOD STILL IN SHOCK AFTER AN ACCIDENT THEY ALL SAY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. I WAS IN THE KITCHEN AND I HEARD JUST BANG AND I HEARD MY LITTLE GIRL, MY LITTLE GIRL. 6-YEAR-OLD AVE CAMPBELL WITH US WITH HER SISTER AND MOTHER PLAYING IN THE DRIVEWAY. TRAVIS GRAYSON WAS DOING NEARLY 30 OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR. THIS WOMAN CALLED 911. AND I SAW HER LITTLE SHOE UNDERNEATH THE CAR THAT HIT HER AND I PULLED THAT OUT AND I LAID IT BESIDE HER LITTLE FOOT AND I KNEW THAT SHE WAS INJURED PRETTY BAD. AVE CAMPBELL LATER DIED AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER HERE IN SHALER. WE'RE CLOSE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKS CLOSELY TOGETHER AND IT'S A VERY, VERY SAD SITUATION. GRAYSON ADMITTED TO DRINKING 10 BEERS AND SMOKING MARIJUANA EARLIER IN THE DAY. HE WAS ON THE WAY TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE ON LOCUST RIDGE DRIVE WITH MORE BEERS IN THE FRONT SEAT WHEN HE LOST CONTROL. JUDY SAYS THIS WAS TOUGH ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOPES THIS IS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE TO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. THE EMOTIONS, OH, MY GOODNESS. EVERYBODY WAS SCREAMING AND YELLING AND CRYING AND -- I KNOW, I DIDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT. PRAYING FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE 20-YEAR-OLD GRACEN HAD BEEN CHARGED THREE TIMES WITH A MINOR TRYING TO PURCHASE ALCOHOL. ONE OF THOSE WITH US DISMISSED. TWO OF THOSE HE PLED TO A LESSER CHARGE, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH

Child dies after being hit by car

A 6-year-old died after a car struck her in front of a home Saturday night.